Pencil-holder



' (No Model.)

C. H.. HILLIARD.

PENCIL HOLDER. I 10.269.055 Patented1360.123882.

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CHARLES H. HILLIARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,056, dated December12, 1882.

Application filed January 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it Aknown that I, CHARLES H. HILLIARD, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State ot' Illinois, and a citizen of the Uni-tedStates, have invented a new and useful Improvenient in Pencil-Holders,of which the following is a full description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fignre 1 is a top view of the device.Fig. 2 is a section at line x ot' Fig. l, looking to the right. Fig. 3is a section at line y ot' Fig. 1, looking to the left. Fig. 4 is afront elevation, showing the device attached to some'article of clothingand a pencil. Fig. 5 is a section at linea' of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a rearview of the device nnattached.

The object of my inventionis to provide a cheap, compact, and ecientpencilholder, which can be easily attached to and detached from a vestor other suitable article ot' clothing, and whichwill hold a pencil wheninserted therein with reasonable security, so that the pencil will notbe liable to fall out from the holder under ordinary conditions, which Iaccomplish by means ot' a plate or othersuitable piece bent or otherwiseformed, as specilied, and provided with a pin and a pin engaging hook orcatch upon the back side, the bend in the plate and the pin and thecloth to which the plate is attached forming a socket to receive andhold the pencil, all as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents the frontportion of the device, which maybe formed from apiece ot' sheet metal bent or stamped into `the formshown, the. central portion, a, being about a half-circle of suitablesizeto receive an ordinary pencil.

` b is a pin upon the back side of the part A,

which piu is hinged at one end to A, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 6,while the other end ofthe pin can be held by a hook or catch, c, on the'other end otl A, as shown in' Figs. l and 2.

B represents apiece of cloth or-part ot' an article of clothing-a. vest,for exampleto which the device is attached ready l'or use, the bentportion a, ofthe part A and the pin and cloth back of this bent portion@forming a socket, d, to receive apencil. I make the bend a ot' suchsize that it will require a little force to push the pencil down intothe socket, and the several parts are so formed and arranged that whenthe pencil has been inserted it will be held by the pressure of the pinand friction ofthe cloth and bend a, so that the pencil will not slipout under ordinaryv conditions, and soV that it will require a littleforce to withdraw the same from the holder.

The most convenient way to make the part A will be to stamp the samel'rom sheet metal by means ot' suitable dies.

The pressure on the pencil when in place

